The Toronto calendar of events is an open invitation to enjoy an exciting blend of festivals, spectator sports, live performances and other special events. Torontonians and visitors alike can enjoy everything from major-league sporting events to Toronto film festivals, food and wine festivals, and neighbourhood festivals to annual parades, arts and crafts shows, and concerts at top Toronto venues.
Toronto festivals include the Toronto International Film Festival, the Canadian National Exhibition, Santé: the Bloor-Yorkville Wine Festival, The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and Canada Blooms: The Toronto Flower and Garden Festival. Many Toronto festivals celebrate the Ontario capital’s multicultural heritage. Among Toronto’s festivals and special events with an ethnic flavor are Greektown’s Taste of the Danforth summer festival, the Ukrainian Culture Festival, Roncesvalles Village Polish Festival, Brazilfest, the Canadian Aboriginal Festival, Chinatown’s Chinese New Year celebrations and the Caribana Festival, a Caribbean Carnival (the largest in North America). One of the most unusual Toronto festivals is Woofstock, a Distillery District festival that celebrates dogs and their owners.
Sports fans enjoy an exceptional lineup of sporting events in Toronto. The Ontario city is home to a number of professional sports clubs, including the Toronto Blue Jays major-league baseball team, the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, the NBA’s Toronto Raptors and the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. Also on the Toronto sports calendar of events are the Canadian Open golf tournament, the Grand Prix of Toronto and the Toronto Marathon, which attracts 12,000 runners from more than 40 nations.
Music, dance, theater and the arts are well represented in the Toronto entertainment calendar of events. Every year, Toronto hosts such events as the Beaches International Jazz Festival, the North by Northeast Music & Film Festival, the Toronto International Art Fair and the famously-offbeat Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival, the largest theatre festival in Toronto. Two other important theatre festivals — the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and the Shaw Festival — are held near Toronto.
For dates, times and information on Toronto happenings, use our searchable calendar of events. You may search Toronto events by keyword, starting date or area of interest.
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